Top 5 Social Network Startup Investors in Ireland in January 2026
A list of 5 angel investors and VC (Venture Capital) funds that invest in Social network startups based in Ireland. We rank investors based on the number of investments they made in Social network companies from Ireland. We update this investor list every month.Top 5 Social Network Startup Investors in Ireland in January 2026
| Investor | Social Network Ireland investments |
|---|---|
| Finch Capital | 3 |
| Barry Lunn | 1 |
| Tom Preston-Werner | 1 |
| Scott Chacon | 1 |
| Eamon Leonard | 1 |
Backing entrepreneurs to build Financial Technology market leaders in Europe and South East Asia. Finch Capital invests in financial services, real estate tech, insurance tech, etc.
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Investment focus
- FinTech, Financial Services, Software
- Series A, Seed, Series B
- United Kingdom, The Netherlands, Ireland
Portfolio highlights
- eflow — Regulatory Compliance solutions for Market Abuse, Best Execution and Regulatory Reporting. Trade Surveillance, Regulatory Reporting and Trade Lifecycle Management.
- Webio — Webio's customer engagement solution uses conversational AI to understand customer intent, blend chatbot / live agent conversations in messaging channels.
- big xyt — Learn how xyt's trading data solutions help firms turn complex market data into insights that drive smarter decisions across the globe.
Barry Lunn, the founder and CEO of Provizio (previously founder and CEO of Arralis) takes a design led approach to tech entrepreneurship. Barry’s approach to solving difficult technology problems is as much artistic as it is actual physics.
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- Sensor, Software, Aerospace
- Seed, Angel
- Ireland
Portfolio highlights
- Arralis — Arralis is a rapidly scaling technology company, providing world leading expertise in RF, micro, and millimetre-wave technology. It excels in Monolithic Microwave Integrated Circuits (MMICs), packaged component modules, proprietary antenna technology, and integrated Radar and Communications front-end platforms. Its products, which are theultimate in precision and innovation, are used in both global and space environments where accuracy and reliability are critical. its also creates partnerships with other leading technology providers to build bespoke high performance, cutting-edge solutions. Arralis provides added value through advanced, research, and innovation aligning its solutions with its client’s strategic objectives.
- Cohort — Cohort helps its users find the people they need through the people they already know through social media. Cohort is an Ireland-based company that was founded in 2015 by Eamon Leonard.
- Provizio — Imagine an affordable system that gives every driver 360-degree insights in all weather conditions and paves a true path to autonomy.
Tom Preston-Werner - Cofounder @ Preston-Werner Ventures
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Investment focus
- Software, Information Technology, Developer Tools
- Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- United States, Singapore, Germany
Portfolio highlights
- Milestone — Milestone ensures your GenAI tools are fully integrated, optimized, and aligned with your business goals, driving measurable ROI and sustained innovation.
- MoneyHash — Emerging and Global markets first all-in-one flexible payment orchestration and revenue operations platform that covers all of your payment needs. We help you build, optimize, and scale your payment infrastructure at any stage of growth.
- Sourcetable — Sourcetable connect, sync, and query all the data in a spreadsheet, without needing to know how to code. Founded in 2019, Sourcetable is based in San Francisco, California, United States.
Scott Chacon is based out of Berlin, Germany, and is the Founder and CEO of GitButler. Scott previously worked at Chatterbug as a CEO. Scott Chacon attended UC San Diego.
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Investment focus
- Software, Health Care, E-Commerce
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Germany, United States, France
Portfolio highlights
- Bloom — Bloom empowers everyone to be their own therapist through interactive video-guided therapy sessions.
- Flower Labs — A unified approach to federated learning, analytics, and evaluation. Federate any workload, any ML framework, and any programming language.
- Bloom Health Partners — Bloom Health Partners has been shutdown.
Eamon is a veteran of 20 years developing and building products, leading teams, and creating communities.Over the years he has: built and sold a company, built and failed to sell a company, made angel investments, hosted numerous conferences, organised hundreds of meetups, and brought thousands of people together to collaborate and do goodthings.As of June 2019, he's working on Boundless: making it easy for businesses to employ people in other countries and be compliant with tax and employment law.
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Investment focus
- Messaging, Software, Apps
- Seed, Angel, Series A
- United States, Ireland
Portfolio highlights
- XMTP — XMTP is a decentralized and quantum-resistant messaging protocol for builders.
- Cohort — Cohort helps its users find the people they need through the people they already know through social media. Cohort is an Ireland-based company that was founded in 2015 by Eamon Leonard.
- PicStash — They offer a valuable but inexpensive PR tool, ensuring the maximum exposure of your Brand with minimum costs to your business. They make it easier for journalists to view your latest products and press releases, and share them with the rest of Ireland and beyond.
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